- Faculty, Biology
- Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
Research Interests
- Malaria, Endothelium dysfunction, Blood Brain Barrier, Acute Kidney Injury, Translational Medicine, Renin Angiotensin System.
- Infectious diseases
- biomarkers discovery
- biomedical pharmacology
- translational medicine
Education
- Ph.D. Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedicine, Autonoma University of Madrid-FJD, Spain
My laboratory research focuses on the pathology of severe malaria using in vitro and in vivo models. We aim to understand the changes taking place in brain endothelial cells during malaria infection and to identify the molecular pathways underlying acute kidney injury during severe malaria.